Row | Patient reasons for choosing telepharmacy services | Frequency | Percent |
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1 | Reducing costs (cost-effectiveness) | 219 | 90.87 |
2 | Saving time | 215 | 89.21 |
3 | Reducing the incidence of contagious disease | 210 | 87.13 |
4 | Reduce patients' stress or anxiety and increase their peace of mind | 205 | 85.06 |
5 | Receive pharmaceutical services and advice anytime, anywhere | 189 | 78.42 |
6 | Easier exchange of information with pharmacists and physicians | 180 | 74.68 |
7 | Easy access to pharmaceutical services especially for deprived and rural areas | 169 | 70.12 |
8 | Diminish congestion at the pharmacies | 164 | 68.04 |
9 | More confidentiality, security and privacy | 160 | 66.39 |
10 | Reduce Medication Errors (In dose adjustment, administration and distribution of drugs) | 159 | 65.97 |
11 | Easier legal follow-up | 140 | 58.09 |
12 | Access to patients' treatment history | 138 | 57.26 |
13 | Reduce chaos in the pharmacies | 82 | 34.02 |
14 | Shorten waiting time at the pharmacy | 55 | 22.82 |
15 | Get more comprehensive and accurate information about patients | 43 | 17.84 |
16 | Registration of drug history in the system | 41 | 17.01 |
17 | Increase cooperation between physicians, pharmacists and patients | 8 | 3.31 |
18 | Less exposure to air pollution | 5 | 2.07 |
19 | Provide educational services related to how to take medicines | 3 | 1.24 |
20 | More accurate and customized prescription | 2 | 0.82 |
Total number of responses based on the opinion of 241 patients | 2387 |